My New Studio Kapiti Coast I’m back from my 3 weeks teaching in Australia and my container arrived in New Zealand 7 days ago. The studio is now full of boxes in search of a motivated person to sort it all out and set things up. I have much unpacking still to do. Yet the […]

The Cards I ran out of business cards during the New Zealand Art Show a few weekends ago. Because my old business cards said I lived in Denver, I did the clever trick of scratching out that information and hand writing new information on those last few cards. Always a classy professional move. With the […]

The Gap Two months ago I was sharing the artwork from my most recent exhibit, Restructuring, then poof – barely 1/3 of the way into the project I disappeared. For 2 months. I really do want to finish those posts – and I will – because my Structures series is a foundational part of who […]

Structures #178 Lisa Call, 2016 fabric, dye, thread, wool 12 x 12 inches $275 Completion As I’ve shared the pairings of old and new over the last few weeks I’ve been struck by the difference in time lines. The last 30 textile paintings in this series took a total of 6 weeks to make – […]

Structures #177 Lisa Call, 2016 fabric, dye, thread, wool 12 x 12 inches $275 Grand Canyon Inspiration As I share the pairings of older artwork with the newer, I am frequently referring back to the inspiration of the original. This initial inspiration for the first piece influences the decisions I made in remaking a newer […]

Structures #175 Lisa Call, 2016 fabric, dye, thread, wool 12 x 12 inches $275 Making the Grand Canyon Grid Cohesive I mentioned using color as a way of making a collection of artwork more cohesive when I shared Structures #172. You don’t have to use the exact same colors (as I did in #171 and […]

Structures #174 Lisa Call, 2016 fabric, dye, thread, wool 12 x 12 inches $275 Art in a Grid The 9 textile paintings for my Grand Canyon Grid (which I introduced yesterday) are not the first time I’ve made a grid of 12×12 inch textile paintings. I love making collections and groupings like this. This is […]

Structures #173 Lisa Call, 2016 fabric, dye, thread, wool 12 x 12 inches $275 Groupings of Work When I first started my Structures series I didn’t consider how I might hang the work in an exhibit. I just made whatever I wanted to make. This allowed me to explore and experiment and truly find my […]

Structures #172 Lisa Call, 2016 fabric, dye, thread, wool 18 x 18 inches $600 Restructuring – The Pairings The final 30 textile paintings of the Structures series (currently on exhibit at Spark Gallery in Denver, Colorado) were inspired by the first 30 compositions in the series. I’m sharing the pairings of old and new over […]